waterfowl
水禽,水禽类,水鸟,芰征
Definitions
- 1
plural wa·ter·fowls, wa·ter·fowl.
- : a water bird, especially a swimming bird.
- : such birds taken collectively, especially the swans, geese, and ducks.
Examples
When the sensors, which harvest energy from soil microbes and sunshine, are deployed later this year, they’ll track water quality and the sounds of crop-ravaging waterfowl.
Look out for boats, swimmers or waterfowl, and once their absence is confirmed, find a medium-sized stone, ideally flat with rounded edges.
The Federal Duck Stamp Act raised the fee on stamps needed to hunt waterfowl on federal land from $15 to $25.
Wood pigeon, pheasant, partridge, grouse, peacocks, hares, wild rabbits, and waterfowl are all dietary staples.
Anselme, thus enjoined, lent an unwonted alacrity to his movements, waddling grotesquely like a hastening waterfowl.
I noticed that the tea was poured out of a pot made in the shape of a beautiful waterfowl, its beak forming the spout.
There were plump young pigeons and hares and rabbits to be had, and very often he came in for waterfowl by the river.
At the jhils the various waterfowl are nesting and each one proclaims the fact by its allotted call.
All sorts of waterfowl came to Nanahboozhoo and they seemed anxious to hear what had been revealed.